Posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT by jimbo123
Weekend confab comes as some Bush donors fear his funding edge is slipping.
This weekend in Miami Jeb Bush will huddle with a group of his top donors at a brand new nature-centric, $700-a-night South Beach hotel, replete with four pools, a Tom Colicchio restaurant and an 11,000-plant living green wall.
The point, though, isnt tranquility and relaxation its survival.
For a time, it looked like Bush would steamroll the GOP field with a cash-flush juggernaut that might raise as much as $100 million in the first quarter, using a variety of super PACs to push the boundaries of campaign finance laws and dominate the field.
But that was before New York hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer pledged more than $15 million to Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio gained the full-fleged support of Miami billionaire Norman Braman and became the front-runner to win casino mogul Sheldon Adelsons backing. Another rival, Scott Walker, recently became the favorite of billionaire David Koch, who seemed to tip his support for the Wisconsin governor at a fundraiser this week.
Everyone has looked at Jebs fundraising strategy of shock and awe as him going on offense, said a Bush bundler, one of several who spoke to POLITICO for this story on the condition of anonymity.
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Jeb should get as much money as Terri got water.
It just means Jebbie is going to need some of that Clinton Cash to keep his branch of the Hillary campaign running.
This is when his mom gets into action.
Jeb has not been good at the "aw shucks" routine that the other Bushes have excelled at. Mama Bush can slither away with the rest of them.
Brilliant...he’s starting to feel $$$ problems so spends big bucks on lodging to attract donors.
That sure worked for Cantor. /sar
The Bush family are probably the dumbest people on the planet.
I don’t care how much cash Jebster can raise from The Cheap Labor Express, I’m NEVER voting for him.
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